Necktie-fastener



(No Model.)

W. B. BROWN. NEGKTIE FASTENER.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

VALTER BAOKUS BROVN, OF BORDENTOVN, NEW JERSEY.

NECKTlE-FAST'EN ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 403,913, dated May 28,1889.

Application filed January 30, 1889. Serial No. 298,111. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern;

Beit known that LWALTER BAokUs BROWN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Bordentown, in the county of Burlington and State of NewJersey, have invented new and useful Improvements in Necktie-Fasteners,of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates, to a necktie-fastener; and it consists in acertain nov-el construction andcombination of parts, fully set forthhereinafter in connection with the accompanying drawings, andspecifically pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings, Figure l is a View of a necktie, showing the improvedfastener applied in the operative position. Fig. 2 is a transversesectional View of the same. Fig. 3 is a detail view of the pliable wirescomprising the fastener.

Referring by letter to the drawings, A designates a necktie, which maybe of any preferred or ordinary shape or kind, in the band B (or in theportion which passes around the neck of the wearer) of which is formed aslit or button-hole, C.

The fastener consists of two approximately parallel pliable wires, D D,which are arranged, respectively, on opposite sides of the saidbutton-hole and parallel with the length of the band. The said wires maybe held in sheaths E E on the edges of the button-holes, as shown in thedrawings, or may be free, as desired.

The pliable wires are provided at their ends with the eyes E E', throughwhich the stitches are passed to secure the wires to the b'and of thetie. These eyes also prevent the wires from running through the tie andprojecting from the same to annoy the wearer.

The operation of the improved fastener is obvious. When the tie ispassed around the neck of the wearer, the collar-button at the back isinserted in the button-hole Obetween the pliable wires, and when the tieis secured in p front, and thereby drawn tight, the longitudinal tensionof the bandB draws the said wires close together at their centers, andthereby clamps between them the shank of the collarbutton. This preventsall vertical movement of the band of the tie, so annoyingto the wearer,and it is fastened simultaneously with the tying of the necktie.

The fastener is readily applied to the `tie and may be very cheaplymanufactured owing to its simplicity. In a fonr-in-hand tie thebutton-hole should be about two inches long, in order to allow of somelongitudinal movement of the tie in adjusting the same; but in otherforms of ties the button-hole may be shorter. The wires are preferablypliable, in order to enable the tie to be folded. When the tie isfastened, the said wires stiffen the edges o1` the button-holesufficiently to prevent all displacement of the tie.

Having thus described the invention, I claiml. The necktie A, having aband, B, provided with an elongated button-hole, C, at the back, incombination with the two independent stiffening-wires D, secured attheir ends to said band, their bodies being curved ontwardly and lyingalong the edges of said button-hole, whereby the tension of the band Bwill draw them toward each other, as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The necktie-band having a longitudinal button-hole therein, and thepliable stiffening-wires fitting in sheaths in the edges of the saidbutton-hole and provided at their ends with eyes to receive stitching,substantially as specified. v

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in presence of two witnesses.

WALTER BACKUS BROWN.

Vitnesses:

J. A. THOMPSON,

W. BURNS.

